Oklahoma Adaptive Sports Association

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Oklahoma Adaptive Sports Association

OKASA is committed to sponsoring and supporting recreational and competitive events including basketball, track and field, swimming, road racing, table tennis, weight-lifting, and water sports. In most sports, competitions are available at the local, regional, national and international levels.

Promote health and fitness for youth and adults with physical disabilities.

Teach life-long skills, such as team effort, sportsmanship, goal setting, commitment, responsibility to oneself and to a team.

Provide a means for peer interaction with others who have similar disabilities and interests, while developing new friendships.

Boost personal aspirations by increasing self-worth, motivation and confidence.

Grow awareness of the general public on the capabilities of the physically challenged.

Reach potential for a lifetime of recreation/sports.

OKASA athletes hold national records in basketball, track & field, swimming and weight-lifting.

Participation in recreational and competitive sports provides individuals an opportunity to develop positive self-worth, self-confidence and competitive spirit for a fulfilling and active life.

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Basketball/Wheelchair Basketball

Since the first Paralympic Games in Rome in 1960, swimming has been one of the Games’ main sports. The thrill of competition aside, swimming offers many benefits including strengthening the cardiovascular systems and the major muscle groups of both the upper and lower body. It also develops flexibility in the muscles and joints as…

The people you meet through tennis are friendly, happy, optimistic and outgoing, They just want to have a good time and want others to have a good time. – Steve Kappes, Director of the San Diego Wounded Warrior Tennis Program and Director of Military Outreach for the San Diego District Tennis Association All About…

Track and Field is the largest Olympic and Paralympic sport in terms of the number of athletes and number of classifications and categories. In addition to the races that take place on the track, there are a number of competitions that take place on the field inside the track. In particular, there are throwing and…

Water Skiing 101 Ride the Wake! There is nothing like spending a warm summer day by the water. But water-skiers will tell you that even better is a day spent water skiing along on the surface of the water with the wind in their hair. Don’t think because you have a disability that you can’t…